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This page contains the latest version of my demo reel, renders, and photographs as well as descriptions.
The software (Windows 2000 workstation) used to create my images is listed below:

Photoshop 6	Maya 4.5 Unlimited	Commotion Pro 4
After Effects 5	MatchMover 2 Professional/Boujou 1.3	Entropy 3

Demo Reel Download (October 2002) Version 1.1	AVI 8 MB DiVx file. The DiVX codec is required.
Demo Reel Download (October 2002) Version 1.1	QuickTime 3.5 MB MPEG 4 file. QuickTime 6 required.
Shot Breakdown List	Shot breakdown list in html or PDF format.

All Images (c) Copyright 2002 Mike Allen
Character & Effects Animation
								Description: These images represent work done in Maya 4.5, Photoshop 6, Commotion 4, RealViz MatchMover and After Effects 5. The aircraft are polygonal models texture mapped (primarily planar) with actual photos of a 1/16th scale aircraft miniature. The texture maps ranged from 2K to 512KB resolution. The matte paintings were created in Photoshop and were mapped to billboards within the scene or were image planes. Moving elements were placed on motion paths or hand-animated. Pyro effects are composited elements. Nebulous clouds were created in Maya Paint Effects. I also used MatchMover 2 Professional to integrate CG elements into live action scenes. The live-action background plates were captured with a Canon GL-1 (three-chip) digital camcorder using the progressive scan mode.







Digital Matte Paintings
								Description: The matte paintings were created using Photoshop and Terragen.





Photography & Abstract Art
								Title: This section includes photographs that I have taken and created in the past years using a standard SLR 35 mm camera as well an Olympus digital camera. Post processing and effects were done in Photoshop 6.

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